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Australia's "irrational exuberance" an economic risk: PIMCO

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Australian households are exhibiting "irrational exuberance" by getting into too much debt and placing little weight on unemployment or returns, which means that an external shock would be severe for the economy, PIMCO said. Household debt appears to ...

Employers given October SuperStream deadline

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Although medium to large employers must be SuperStream compliant by June 30, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will continue to help and educate employers through to October. In a joint letter from the ATO and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Property bubble debate heats up

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
Public officials' concerns of a property bubble in Sydney and Melbourne are spreading uncertainty amongst those thinking about increasing their exposure, but are not dissuading Chinese investors. Treasury secretary John Fraser was the last public official ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Total risk market inflows are up 9.5% to $14.5 billion in the year to March 2015. Research by actuarial firm Plan for Life shows that individual risk lump sum premium inflows accounted for the majority of the total, with $6.4 billion coming in during ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian Crime Commission believes Stronger Super reforms implemented from 2013 have reduced illegal early release schemes run through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). In its latest report, Organised Crime in Australia 2015, the commission ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... finally reducing their deposits, SMSFs continue to hoard cash despite very low returns," Resnik said. "SMSFs would be prudent to consider how they can diminish their Australian equities risk and reduce cash holdings and rebalance their portfolios to ...

Treasury proposes higher regulatory levies for super funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The Treasury has issued its proposed regulatory levies for 2015/16. Under the new proposal, APRA-regulated institutions will collectively pay $117.5 million to help fund the prudential regulator, a half-percent increase on the previous financial year. ...

Australia's super pool now more than $2 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Australia's total superannuation assets grew by 3.6% in the first quarter of 2015, now standing at more than $2 trillion, official data shows. The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures also show that total assets in MySuper ...

AMP winds up property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... period. "Investors have benefited from a consistent and disciplined acquisition strategy, strong asset management and prudent divestment of assets that has delivered a total return in excess of 9% per annum." Located on a 5.87 hectare site in southern ...

APRA releases super performance profiles

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said it will continue to ensure confidential information of superannuation institutions cannot be derived from the regulator's published statistics. The pledge came in a recent APRA letter to Registrable ...